Eligibility

Students on a full-time undergraduate course will normally attend the university, college or other teaching location for at least 24 weeks of the year.

During that time, we expect them to undertake:

periods of study
tuition
learning in the workplace
a sandwich work placement that does not meet the sandwich year out criteria

These should amount to at least 21 hours per week on average.

For courses 2 years or more, full-time students will normally attend the university, college or other teaching location for at least 8 weeks in the final year.

Apprenticeship and graduate entry courses

Apprenticeship and graduate entry courses are generally not eligible for funding. You should therefore not add these to CMS.

However, there are some undergraduate courses where a degree in a relevant subject is a prerequisite to entry. These courses are designated for student support and qualify for funding:

graduate entry – veterinary medicine
graduate entry – medicine
graduate entry – dentistry
graduate entry – social work (Northern Ireland only)

Postgraduate courses for Scottish students

From academic year 2020/21, you can add postgraduate courses for Scottish students as postgraduate rather than undergraduate courses.

There is a domicile radio button for Scotland on the Courses tab that lets you add this type of course.

There is more information about this in the Scottish postgraduate courses chapter.

Graduate Diploma for Northern Irish students

Northern Ireland-domiciled students are not eligible for funding for courses with the Graduate Diploma qualification. You must not add these courses to CMS with Northern Irish designation selected.